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Chapter 9 Go to the Mountain Road!

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Chapter 9 Go to the Mountain Road!

    9 The more you think about it, the more you think about Li Ji, the more upset you are. With Er Gouzi's condition, it is estimated that after this winter, he will become a rare commodity in the village. The matchmaker can break through the threshold, and let his fourth uncle, who is two years younger, put his face . For so many years, no one has ever introduced a girl to him.

    Li Ji has never had anyone to introduce someone to. Being poor is not the main thing. Everyone in the village is poor, so who looks down on whom? The main reason is that Li Ji's seniority is high, and the village is basically related to relatives. The little girl is either called Li Ji's fourth uncle, or he is called his fourth grandfather. .

    Fortunately, Li Ji is still young, so there is no need to worry about waiting for another two days.

    After a few days, the chicken house in the yard was finally built. It was not too big, that is, it was chest high, with a hollow wooden frame, and there were a few simple shelves inside for chicken coops for laying eggs.

    The two diagonal corners are ventilated to prevent candles, oil lamps and the like. Li Ji asked someone to paste a lantern, put an oil lamp inside and light it, and fixed it so that the chicken would fly up and flop around without fear of getting it.     When the preparations are ready, the village is full of chickens. Hen 20, rooster 15, chick 5. This price is considered high, so even if it is coming to winter, all the chickens that are going to be sold are almost sold out. When I plan to save my family for the New Year to kill and eat meat, I can still buy a lot.     In the end, I bought five roosters and ten hens. At this time, there were no chicks, so I bought some eggs.     Er Gouzi's eyes widened when he saw the chicken clucking over and Li Ji patted Er Gouzi on the shoulder.     "Want to eat chicken?"     Er Gouzi nodded: "The meat is delicious, but hard to catch."     He should be talking about the pheasant on the mountain. Pheasants are indeed more delicious than domestic ones, but pheasants fly high and far, and they can only be caught by tricks. Er Gouzi's hunting method is simple and rough, so pheasants are indeed rare prey for him.     "Then let's kill the chickens tonight, but we need to raise the rest well and eat them slowly in the future. Hens can lay eggs and hatch chicks. As long as we work hard to get more food for them, the chickens will lay eggs and lay eggs." Chickens, we have endless chickens and eggs, and we can buy them and exchange them for copper coins."

    Er Gouzi's eyes were bright, Li Ji looked at it funny, Er Gouzi was tall and big, although such a child's appearance was in contrast, it was really painful.

    Pick out the fattest rooster and let Er Gouzi kill it. That night, he stewed it with potatoes, fried a plate of bacon, stuffed it with a pot of rice, and wished he could swallow his tongue after the meal.

    After dinner, there was nothing left for the two of them. Their stomachs were swollen like they were sleeping. As soon as they lay down, they heard a girl crying outside. The sound was not in the same place, which proved that there was a girl walking cry.     Li Ji felt strange, put on a coat and went out with the lantern, and saw Zhang Baihu in the village holding a lantern and leading his twelfth or thirteen-year-old daughter Zhang Xue away.     "What's the matter?"     Seeing that Li Ji and Zhang Baihu's faces were a bit ugly, she coughed awkwardly and said, "It's okay, let's take a walk at night."     Zhang Xue cried even louder: "Fourth Grandpa, Daddy wants to sell me Daddy wants to sell me."     Li Ji was taken aback when he heard that, Zhang Xue was one of the most handsome of his age in the village, and when buying chickens these two days, he heard the women in the village talking about their son liking Zhang Xue and wanting to marry her in the future As a wife, she usually listens to being favored at home. Why can't Zhang Baihu think about selling his daughter?     Zhang Baihu's face darkened, he pulled Zhang Xue's arm forcefully, and then quickly walked away with Zhang Xue. Zhang Xue's crying gradually faded away, and Li Ji finally realized it. Zhang Zhuzi, the son of Zhang Baihu, was one of the children who watched Li An drowned two days ago. The condition of reconciliation at that time was that each family would pay two taels of silver.     As the saying goes, a penny kills a hero, and this two taels of silver can't be earned for a few years in this poor mountain valley, so this hundred households have moved their minds to sell girls. This girl has good looks, although she is young, the price is at least four or five taels of silver.     Selling the daughter not only replaced the debt, but also the family was rich enough to live for several years.